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Lt. Gov. Bustamante, UFW Pres. Rodriguez join farm workers walking precincts for Joey Acuña

10 a.m. Saturday, March 2, 2002,  in Coachella  
Lt. Gov. Bustamante, UFW Pres. Rodriguez join farm workers walking precincts for Joey Acuña
     

One hundred United Farm Workers activists will join Lt. Gov. Cruz M. Bustamante, UFW President Arturo Rodriguez and Assembly Majority Floor Leader Marco Antonio Firebaugh (D-Los Angeles) in campaigning Saturday morning in Coachella for 80th Assembly District Democratic candidate Joey Acuña. It is part of an all-out drive by the Cesar Chavez-founded union to turn out Latino voters for Acuña and other UFW-backed candidates.

Immediately after a 10 a.m. get-out-the-vote rally at the UFW’s Coachella headquarters, UFW members and supporters will join Bustamante, Rodriguez, Firebaugh and Acuña by walking precincts door-to-door in Coachella.

Who:    Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, UFW President Arturo Rodriguez, Assembly Majority Floor Leader Marco Antonio Firebaugh, Assembly candidate Joey Acuña, 100 farm worker activists.

What:   A get-out-the-vote rally followed by precinct walking in Coachella.

When:   10 a.m. Saturday, March 2, 2002.

Where:  UFW office, 51800 Harrison Street #3 (at 52nd Ave.) Coachella.

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